Guatemala
‘Not the plan’: Guatemalan migrants lament fast-track deportations
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala has begun to receive flights of undocumented migrants sent back from the...
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Guatemala taps controversial prosecutor to replace fired graft-fighter
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A controversial prosecutor in Guatemala has been tapped to replace an internationally renowned graft-fighter who until...
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Thousands of migrant kids stuck in U.S. border patrol custody, again
By Mica Rosenberg and Go Nakamura ROMA, Texas (Reuters) -The number of migrant children in Border Patrol facilities has been...
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Guatemalans protest for second day to demand president resign
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Anti-government protesters on Friday blocked intersections across Guatemala for the second day in a row as calls...
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U.S. resumes fast-track deportation flights of Central American migrant families
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday resumed fast-track deportation flights for migrant families that recently...
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Thousands protest in Guatemala demanding president’s resignation
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets in protest on Thursday, lighting fires and...
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U.S. pauses some cooperation with Guatemala over ouster of anti-graft fighter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Tuesday it was pausing some cooperation with Guatemala's criminal prosecutor after last week's...
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Hundreds protest ouster of Guatemalan anti-graft crusader
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Hundreds of Guatemalans protested outside the presidential palace on Saturday against the ouster of...
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Guatemala attorney general fires leading anti-corruption prosecutor
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala's Attorney General on Friday removed an internationally known graft prosecutor from his post...
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El Salvador ‘House of Horrors’ killings shock nation numbed to violence
By Cassandra Garrison and Nelson Renteria CHALCHUAPA, El Salvador (Reuters) - Neighbors knew something was wrong in that squat green...
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Violence in Haiti could slow efforts to fight pandemic, says PAHO
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A spate of violence in Haiti could hinder the Caribbean country's response to the coronavirus pandemic,...
Read moreMexico watchdog says migrants overcrowded, no masks or medicine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's human rights commission (CNDH) has accused migration authorities of keeping nearly 90 people in overcrowded...
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Central American officials blacklisted by U.S. as part of corruption crackdown
By Nelson Renteria, Sofia Menchu and Ted Hesson SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -Central American presidential aides, top judges and former presidents...
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Honduran mother of migrant boy abandoned in Mexico contacts authorities
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The mother of a toddler whose disappearance sparked international media attention appeared on Wednesday...
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Mexican authorities search for relatives of abandoned migrant boy
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican authorities on Tuesday were searching for the relatives of a boy, thought to...
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Guatemala asks Russia to return money over failure to deliver Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan Health Minister Amelia Flores said on Tuesday that the government had asked Russia to return...
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Mexican authorities find 2-year-old boy abandoned near migrant truck
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities on Monday found a boy thought to be about 2 years old alone near...
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